porch

IPA: pˈɔrtʃ

(architecture) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
A portico; a covered walk.
The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
A surname.
(with definite article) The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).

Examples of "porch" in Sentences

His front porch is part of his castle, and I would appreciate respect.
One other thing ... apparently Palin's porch is some sort of 8th wonder of the world.
As you can see, my porch is a sea of boxes, well a sea floor, with boxes coming and going.
Really the only other big things to get are a patio set for the screened in porch, counter top, island for the kitchen, desk and book case.
Been raining for the last few days, and the gutter over my back porch is having an issue in one spot ... just happens that the spot is directly over my back door.
We'll have 2,500 square feet of living space, plus a screened-in porch and, since we'll have no garage, 350 square feet in the basement for storage and exercise/mechanical equipment.
We were sitting on Moms screened in porch and my phone beeped and it was a twitter update from Intern Adam (he works at 107.5 the River here in town) and he said "not sure if this is gossip but Steve McNair is dead"!!
The ancient porch, the remains of very old constructions, is masked by a fore-front that belongs to the last period of the gothic art, and which was built in 1494 by James of Landshut; this new porch (_porch of St. Laurence_), though handsome in its _ensemble_, is wanting in that noble simplicity and purity of taste that distinguishes the other parts of the Cathedral; it is overloaded with ornaments, and its statues have a stiffness that is found nowhere else.